Toyota influenced many organizations around the world and created the foundation of modern manufacturing. Toyota is the world’s most valuable automaker with a market cap of $200 billion and $50 billion in cash.
Part I of this two-part episode focuses on the origins of the company from its founder Sakichi Toyoda, to the founder of the motor company, his eldest son Kiichiro Toyoda, a review of the Toyota Motor Co., and the father of the Toyota Production System, Taiichi Ohno.
Show notes (with time stamps)
Introduction: 00:00 – 01:40
Sakichi Toyoda: 01:45 - 25:27
Kiichiro Toyoda: 25:31 - 38:28
Toyota Motor Co.: 38:32 - 45:35
Taiichi Ohno: 45:38 - 58:08
Ohno’s Ten Commandments: 58:12 - 1:14:59
Music
Artist: Scott Holmes
Album: Road Trip
Track: Indie Rock
Resources
Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno by Takehiko Harada (2015)
Competing To Be Really, Really Good by Takahiro Fujimoto (2007)
The Toyota Mindset: The Ten Commandments of Taiichi Ohno by Yoshihito Wakamatsu (2007)
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiichi_Ohno
https://www.economist.com/node/13941150
http://www.strategosinc.com/taiichi_ohno.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6vyFz7yrM
https://www.getvetter.com/posts/159-taiichi-ohno-an-intro-to-the-father-of-lean-manufacturing
http://www.qualitygurus.com/taiichi-ohno/
http://www.lean.org/shook/displayobject.cfm?o=2010
http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/history.asp
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/index.html